Tides to Timbers Girl Scouts kick off cookie sale with food drive

EXETER -- The Tides to Timbers Girl Scout Community recently hosted a food drive to benefit the St. Vincent De Paul Society food bank to tie into their annual cookie kickoff.

The St. Vincent De Paul Society, Exeter NH Conference serves the needs of the poor in Exeter, Stratham, Newfields, E. Kingston, Kensington and Brentwood. The Conference operates an area-wide Community Assistance Center and food pantry that serves those communities as its primary focus.

Please consider donating as the need is great this year. The St. Vincent De Paul Food Pantry is located at 53 Lincoln Street, Exeter NH 03833, the phone number is (603)772-9922 .

Girl Scouts are selling cookies now through January 26. Initial cookie order taking ends then, but girls can continue to take orders. Don’t know a Girl Scout in your area? It’s not a problem, call the Cookie Hotline at 888.474.9686 x201 and leave a message.

Starting February 16, look on the Girl Scouts of the Green and White Mountains website- www.girlscoutsgwm.org and click on their cookie booth locator to find cookie booth sales throughout the Seacoast area. Your cookie purchase helps generate immeasurable benefits for girls, their councils and communities nationwide. Girls set cookie goals to support their chosen activities for the year, to fund community service and leadership projects, to attend summer camp, to travel to destinations near and far and to provide events for girls in their community.